Bill Text: IA HF2531 | 2019-2020 | 88th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: A bill for an act modifying provisions relating to telecommunicators. (Formerly HF 2395.)
Spectrum: Committee Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2020-06-11 - Withdrawn. H.J. 711. [HF2531 Detail]
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House
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Introduced
HOUSE
FILE
2531
BY
COMMITTEE
ON
PUBLIC
SAFETY
(SUCCESSOR
TO
HF
2395)
A
BILL
FOR
An
Act
modifying
provisions
relating
to
telecommunicators.
1
BE
IT
ENACTED
BY
THE
GENERAL
ASSEMBLY
OF
THE
STATE
OF
IOWA:
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Section
1.
Section
80B.11,
subsection
1,
paragraph
j,
Code
1
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
follows:
2
j.
Minimum
qualifications
for
instructors
in
public
safety
3
telecommunicator
training
schools.
4
Sec.
2.
Section
80B.11C,
Code
2020,
is
amended
to
read
as
5
follows:
6
80B.11C
Telecommunicator
Public
safety
telecommunicator
7
training
standards.
8
The
director
of
the
academy,
subject
to
the
approval
of
9
the
council,
in
consultation
with
the
Iowa
state
sheriffs’
10
and
deputies’
association,
the
Iowa
police
executive
forum,
11
the
Iowa
peace
officers
association,
the
Iowa
state
police
12
association,
the
Iowa
professional
fire
fighters,
the
Iowa
13
emergency
medical
services
association,
the
joint
council
of
14
Iowa
fire
service
organizations,
the
Iowa
department
of
public
15
safety,
the
Iowa
chapter
of
the
association
of
public-safety
16
communications
officials——international,
inc.,
the
Iowa
chapter
17
of
the
national
emergency
number
association,
the
department
18
of
homeland
security
and
emergency
management,
and
the
Iowa
19
department
of
public
health,
shall
adopt
rules
pursuant
20
to
chapter
17A
establishing
minimum
standards
for
training
21
of
public
safety
telecommunicators.
For
purposes
of
this
22
section
,
“telecommunicator”
“Public
safety
telecommunicator”
23
means
a
person
who
receives
serves
as
a
first
responder
by
24
receiving
requests
for,
or
dispatches
by
dispatching
requests
25
to,
emergency
response
agencies
which
include
but
are
not
26
limited
to
law
enforcement,
fire,
rescue,
and
emergency
medical
27
services
agencies.
28
EXPLANATION
29
The
inclusion
of
this
explanation
does
not
constitute
agreement
with
30
the
explanation’s
substance
by
the
members
of
the
general
assembly.
31
This
bill
modifies
Code
section
80B.11C
governing
32
telecommunicator
training
standards
and
the
definition
33
of
“telecommunicator”.
The
bill
modifies
the
term
34
“telecommunicator”
to
be
“public
safety
telecommunicator”
and
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